Lanna
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 27 babies a year in the US.
Lanna by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Lanna. In the US, 27 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 47 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Lanna
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lanna. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lanabright or fair; a form of Helen or Alana185 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leannameadow; a form of Lea or Leanne378 in the US (2017)
- Liannato bind or wrap around; a name in its own right207 in the US (2017)
- Lennabright light; short form of Helena or variant of Leona57 in the US (2017)
- Launafrom laurel; a form of Laura or Laurel16 in the US (2017)
- Lonnanoble ready; a form of Leona8 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Lanna
Names that are said the same way as Lanna, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Lanna
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